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Pakistan v Sri Lanka @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
7 April 1997
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: DB Cowie, RS Dunne
Third Umpire: CJ Mitchley
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 51 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Waqar Younis b Saleem Malik | 67 | 94 | - | 7 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Waqar Younis | 3 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 3. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Waqar Younis | 0 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Waqar Younis b Saqlain Mushtaq | 134 | 131 | - | 11 | 4 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Wasim Akram b Saleem Malik | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | c Moin Khan b Shahid Afridi | 12 | 24 | - | 1 | - |
| 7. Hashan Tillakaratne | c & b Saqlain Mushtaq | 13 | 26 | - | 2 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 10 | 13 | - | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Sajeewa de Silva |
| FOW | 1-9 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-11 (Marvan Atapattu), 3-135 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-137 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-171 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-193 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-251 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 3w, 2nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 251 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Wasim Akram | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Waqar Younis | 8 | 0 | 60 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Saleem Malik | 9 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Pakistan
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sajid Ali | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sajeewa de Silva | 15 | 20 | - | 2 | - |
| 2. Shahid Afridi | c sub b Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | - |
| 3. Rameez Raja | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan | 47 | 84 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 4. Saleem Malik | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 19 | - | 1 | - |
| 5. Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 62 | 66 | - | 6 | 2 |
| +6. Moin Khan | c Roshan Mahanama b Kumar Dharmasena | 19 | 28 | - | 3 | - |
| *7. Wasim Akram | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Kumar Dharmasena | 27 | 25 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 8. Mohammad Wasim | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 9. Mushtaq Ahmed | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 10. Saqlain Mushtaq | not out | 4 | 8 | - | - | - |
| 11. Waqar Younis | c Roshan Mahanama b Kumar Dharmasena | 3 | 11 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Shahid Afridi), 2-29 (Sajid Ali), 3-49 (Saleem Malik), 4-126 (Rameez Raja), 5-156 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 6-186 (Moin Khan), 7-187 (Mohammad Wasim), 8-192 (Mushtaq Ahmed), 9-196 (Wasim Akram), 200 (Waqar Younis). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 45.4 ovs) 200 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sajeewa de Silva | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 1 | 47 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 9.4 | 0 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
Pakistan:
Sajid Ali, Shahid Afridi, Rameez Raja, Saleem Malik, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Moin Khan, Wasim Akram, Mohammad Wasim, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Waqar Younis